Garfield Traub Development out of Henderson, Nevada, and Kirksey Architecture and STOA, Golemon, Bolullo Architects, both out of Houston, turned in qualification packets.

The district will assemble a team to evaluate and rank the three companies before presenting them to the school board at the January 20 board meeting, said Naomi Lawrence-Lee, the district's assistant director of finance.

Robert Zinglemann, the district's chief business officer, and Sharika Allison, the district's comptroller, and one other yet to be named person will be on the evaluation team, Lawrence-Lee said.

The team will review the companies' qualifications to determine if they meet the district's requirements, including being able to bring in a nationally recognized hotel franchise, being connected to a prominent sales office network and experience with similar projects with other school districts.

If the qualifications meet the requirements, the district will accept proposals in early April and approve a contract later than month.

If the project moves forward without any more roadblocks, the district anticipates completion in 2013.